Isaac Success

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Isaac Success
Personal information
Full name Isaac Success Ajayi [1]
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 7
Youth career
BJ Foundation
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Granada B 20 (9)
2014–2016 Granada 49 (7)
2016–2021 Watford 64 (3)
2018 → Málaga (loan) 9 (0)
2021– Udinese 53 (3)
International career‡
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (7)
2015–2016 Nigeria U20 4 (2)
2017– Nigeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2022

Isaac Success Ajayi (born 7 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese.

Contents

Club career

Success was born in Benin City. He started his career with local side BJ Foundation Academy appearing regularly for the side. [2]

In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, starting January 2014, [3] for a €400,000 fee. [4] However, he was only granted a work permit in March of the following year, [5] and immediately joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. [6]

On 31 August 2014, Success made his first-team debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Elche CF at the age of 18 years and seven months, [7] being their youngest player ever to appear in a La Liga match. [8] He scored his first professional goal on 7 December, netting his side's only of a home draw against Valencia CF, for the same scoreline. [9] On 7 August 2015, Success extended his link with the club, signing until 2019 and being permanently promoted to the main squad. [10]

On 1 July 2016, Success agreed a five-year deal with Watford in a record transfer fee, estimated around £12.5 million from Granada. [11] He scored once in 19 appearances in the 2016–17 season and, after just one appearance in 2017–18 was loaned to Malaga on 31 January 2018. [12]

On 26 August 2021, Success signed for Italian club Udinese on a three-year deal. [13] [14]

International career

In 2013 Success was called up to Nigeria under-17's for the year's FIFA U-17 World Cup, being also named vice-captain. He appeared in the first two games, but was sidelined during the rest of the tournament due to an injury. [15] Success got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016. [16] On 23 March 2017, Success made his debut for Nigeria, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against Senegal at The Hive Stadium in London. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 April 2023 [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Granada B 2013–14 Segunda División B 53———53
2014–15 156———156
Total209———209
Granada 2014–15 [19] La Liga 19140——231
2015–16 [20] 30630——336
Total49770——567
Watford 2016–17 [21] Premier League 1910000—191
2017–18 [22] 000010—10
2018–19 [23] 3013122—354
2019–20 [24] 501010—70
2020–21 [25] Championship 910000—91
Total633414200716
Málaga (loan) 2017–18 La Liga9000——90
Udinese 2021–22 [26] Serie A 22221——243
2022–23 [27] 30121——322
Total523420000565
Career total19322153420021227

Honours

Watford

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References

  1. ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Eaglets Striker Close To Udinese Deal Archived 29 August 2014 at archive.today ; Complete Sports Nigeria, 10 June 2013
  3. ↑ Isaac Success Confirms He Will Join Udinese In January; All Nigeria Soccer, 12 November 2013
  4. ↑ Isaac Success, la nuova scommessa dell'Udinese (Isaac Success, Udinese's new bet); Tutto Udinese, 26 May 2013 (in Italian)
  5. ↑ Isaac Success gets work permit today; The Nation Online, 14 March 2014
  6. ↑ Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new player of Granada CF) Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Granada's official website, 18 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Elche snatch last-gasp equalsier; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
  8. ↑ Success, jugador más joven en debutar en Primera con el Granada (Success, the youngest player to debut in Primera with Granada); Marca, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Granada 1–1 Valencia; ESPN FC, 7 December 2014
  10. ↑ Isaac Success un año más de contrato (Isaac Success one more year of contract) [ permanent dead link ]; Granada's official website, 7 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ "Official: Isaac Success joins Watford FC". Watford F.C. Club Journalist. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Watford: Isaac Success joins Malaga on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Official: Udinese Switch For Success". Watford FC. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Success è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  15. ↑ Isaac Success fit for U-17 World Cup final; Goal.com, 8 November 2013
  16. ↑ "Mikel Obi, Musa, Ikeme 20 others To battle Zambia". thenff.com. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Nigeria 1 Senegal 1: Iheanacho earns a draw for Super Eagles". Goal. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "I. Success". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Isaac Success in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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